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Daybreak at Chavez Ravine : Fernandomania and the remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers / Erik Sherman.
Van Pelt Library GV865.V34 S54 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, Erik, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Valenzuela, Fernando, 1960-2024.
- Valenzuela, Fernando.
- Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--History--20th century.
- Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team).
- Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.
- Pitchers (Baseball).
- Pitchers (Baseball)--Mexico--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 248 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Daybreak at Chavez Ravine retells Fernando Valenzuela's arrival and permanent influence on Dodger history-while bringing redemption to the organization's controversial beginnings in LA"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A reluctant hero
- David versus Goliath
- LA goes Dodger blue
- The Mexican experience north of the border
- Uncut diamond
- Prelude to greatness
- The fable that came to life
- A star Is born
- The kiss that sparked a movement
- Fernandomania!
- An iInternational frenzy
- Manias
- Mr. Valenzuela goes to Washington
- Struck out
- A star-spangled return
- The Lasorda effect
- Houston has a problem
- Blue Monday
- Speaking "Catcherese"
- Comeback kids
- The legend grows
- Missing the party
- Leaving LA in style
- The long road back to glory
- Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sherman, Erik. Daybreak at Chavez Ravine
- ISBN:
- 9781496236371
- 1496236378
- 9781496236364
- 149623636X
- 9781496231017
- 1496231015
- OCLC:
- 1346618047
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